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CONCHOLOGIA INDICA. 





6. S. crassiuseizla, Benson's Mss. in Pfeif. Mon. 

 Helic. vol. 3, p. 9. 



Bundelkhund : Punjaub. 



S. acuminata, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, 

 p. 449. 



iMomein in Tiinan. 



8, 9. S. collina, Blanford, Mss. 

 Mahabalesliwar. 



10. S. collina, var. 



PLATE LXIX. 

 LIMN^A. 



1, 4. L. rufescens, Gray, in Sowerby's Genera 

 Shells, pt. 7, Limn. f. 2, and Reeve, Conch. System, 

 pi. 191, f. 2. — L. chlamys, Benson, in part. 



Ganges, &c., &c. 



The name is infelicitous, because the reddish tint is 

 rather abnormal than otherwise : it has however a long 

 priority of date. Hereafter links may be discovered 

 to unite the species with the still earlier-named acu- 

 minata. We suspect that eventually all the Indian 

 forms (those of the Germanic region excepted) will be 

 referred to acuminata, luteola, and ovalis. 



2, 3. L. rufescens, var. patula. 



Ganges. 



Apparently the L. patula of Troschel in Wiegmann's 

 Archives for 1837 (vol. 3, p. 167). 



5, 6. L. chlamys, Benson, Journ. Asi. Soc. Beng. 



1836, vol. 5, p. 744. 



Moradabad, Benares, &c. 



Runs into rufescens, which was apparently co- 

 extensive as a Bensonian species. Yet as the links 

 have not been obtained by us, this extreme form 

 (from Benson's collection) may for convenience sake 

 retain his apjsellation. 



7, 10. Ii. amygdalus, Troschel, Wiegm. Archiv. 1837, 

 vol. 3, p. 168. — Kuster, ed. Chemn. Lim. p. 35, 

 pi. 6, f. 15, 16. 



Ganges. 

 Perhaps only a variety of rufescens, but the sutural 

 line is not so oblique, and the colour differs. 



8, 9. L. acuminata, Lamarck, Anim. s. Vert. vol. 6, 

 pt. 2, p. 160.— Deles. Rec. Coq. Lam. pi. 30, f. 6. 



30 miles S.E. of Hingola, &c. 

 Lamarck's Bengal specimens were probably rufescens, 



but the shape of the individual delineated from, his 

 cabinet accords better with that which we have 

 figured. 



PLATE LXX. 



1. L. rufescens, Gray, var. 



Some regard this abnormal form as the L. pectinoides 

 of Kuster's monograph. 



2, 3. L. ovalis, Gray, in Sow. Gen. Shells, pt. 7, 

 Limn. f. 4, Reeve, Conch. Syst. pi. 191, f. 4. 



Calcutta; Almorah. 



4. L. ovalis. Gray, var. strigata. 



Jounjjore. 

 Has the aspect of L. cerasum of Troschel. 



5, 6. L. luteola, Lamarck, Anim. s. Vert. vol. 6, pt. 2, 

 p. 1 60.— Deles. Rec. Coq. Lam. pi. 30, f. 5. 



Bengal, &c., &c. 

 This and rufescens seem diffused throughout India 



7. 10. L. pinguis, Dohrn, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, 

 p. 134. 



Ceylon. 



8. L. pinguis, Dohrn, var. 



Calcutta. 

 Benson's types of his L. bulla (misprinted butta), a 

 mere name for the almost undescribed L. limosa ? of 

 Hutton (J. Asi. Soc. Beng. vol. 3, 1834) chiefly belong 

 to this form. The L. bulla of Kuster (ed. Chemn.) is 

 more like the European ovata (peregra var. ovata). 

 Our specimen almost unites pinguis with luteola. 



9. L. rufescens, Gray, var. Sylhetica, 



Marshes in SyUiet. 



A rare form delineated from Benson's original type 

 of the Sylliet variety of his chlamys. 



PLATE LXXI. 

 MELANIA. 



1 



18C9, 



M. Iravadica, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 p. 445. . 



Upper Iraiimdy'al Male and Bhamo. 

 2, 3. M. Broti, Dohrn, in Reeve's Conch. Icon. 

 Mel. f 160. — M. chocolatum, Brot, Revue Zool. 

 1860, June, pi. 16, f. 2. 

 Ceylon. 



